Alien Skin - Don't Open Till Doomsday

2009-01-16 / apeiron / Reads: 5202

Does romanticism still exist in present-day music? The New Romantic genre of the 80’s is a thing of the past now, that is true. But it turns out that albums characterized by the sound of those years are also recorded nowadays. One of them, whose title is quite perverse, was...

Alien Hand Syndrome - Slumber

2014-08-08 / RobertSaligia / Reads: 3630

Second album from Austrian artist Clemens Engert aka Alien Hand Syndrome contains material, which classification may cause certain difficulties. Admittedly, the label of alternative rock that brings to mind associations, among others with Placebo, may be entirely correct for a large part of the tracks, but the main power of...

Alice in Videoland - She's A Machine

2008-10-15 / Älvalek / Reads: 4909

"She's a machine" is a third album in the Carter of the Swedish band. Similarly to previous achievements the group gives listeners modern synth on a high level. Neither the tracks have a chance to become a club hit nor suit a romantic evening but every one of them...

Alice in Videoland - A Million Thoughts And They're All About You

2011-03-14 / Serge / Reads: 3960

I am truly surprised, obviously in a positive way! I had not had an earlier opportunity to familiarize myself with the work of Alice in Videoland and, frankly speaking, I was not entirely sure what to expect of them. The name of the band really intrigued me as well as...

Alfa Matrix Re:Covered - A Tribute To Depeche Mode

2010-05-27 / arachna / Reads: 6077

A Tribute To Depeche Mode released by Alfa Matrix is a double-disc compilation (in the extended version, there is one more disc: A Tribute To Depeche Mode - The Re:Covered Singles), that came out on 9 May 2009. Unfortunately, tribute albums aren't easy to judge. For, as it happens...

Alesaparanoid - Aparanoia

2014-03-16 / fiuri / Reads: 2982

Stunning how these Ukrainian projects simply pop out and hit you in the face with their awesomeness. First was Na-Hag, tribal-industrial creation of Andriy Symonovych, then came Maksym Bobryk’s Whitar, whose ‘Equilibrium Path’ hit me so hard I still have bruises. This time I stumbled upon Alesaparanoid, project of a...